In this conservative oil and agriculture community of Bakersfield, California high schools and carrots are living proof that business and profit arent a zero sum game.

What a private citizen does with his/her trait of being poor in spirit regardless of wealth or success is an example of efficient use of money the progressive or OWSer cant even dream of with his lust for bloated federal debt burdened dollars.

Founded in 1947, Catholic Garces Memorial High School has spent several million dollars in the last few years upgrading its campus, especially in science classrooms, chapel, landscaping and athletic facilities. They have a 100% graduation rate.

One strong motivation was recent competition  competition  you know, competition  from the new Christian High School across town in a newer area.

At my grandsons football game I studied the bronze plaques crediting the various donors from awesome to wonderful. I noted one particular family I didnt know had Catholic roots. Not many people know the t

No insult to the oil men, major growers of citrus, grapes, almonds, pistachios, cotton, stone fruits and dairy products who are the mainstays of church and community support. Our junior college sports an 18,000 seat double tier stadium never touched or compromised by state or federal dollars.

Our county also boasts major aerospace and defense research facilities from Edwards AFB where Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier to the Mojave Spaceport where the first nonstop flight around the world occurred to China Lake Naval Weapons Station where the town of Ridgecrest sports the highest number of PhDs per capita in the world ..

We have family in northwest Bakersfield. Their school district named the elementary schools after space shuttles. So when Endeavor flew over Bakersfield the other day, the kids of Endeavor elementary lined up and spelled out a big “E” on a blacktop, to salute it.

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posted on 09/23/2012 12:02:10 PM PDT
by married21
(As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)

In a free,division of labor society, with a just government, one man's gain is other men's gain.In such a society, cooperation takes place by means of exchanges, which are strictly voluntary and entered into only in the expectation of gain by both parties. In an exchange, each party gives only in order that he may receive something he values more. Unless both parties expect to gain by it, an exchange does not take place.

Also in such a society, wealth is not static, but increases over the long run. As the capitalists and business owners get richer, the standard of living of the average wage earners also increases.

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